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ASP Next Stop: Keramas, Bali. Is Slater Any Good On This Wave?

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As the ASP world tour moves on to Keramas on the island of Bali, here are some little sneak previews of the wave itself.
Not long ago Keramas was a secret spot on the wrong side of the island. Sitting on the East-facing side of the Bukit Peninsula, the wave gets only slightly less swell than the wide-open classics like Uluwatu, and at Keramas, the wind often comes onshore mid-morning. But don’t let that put you off. The wave itself, mainly a right, breaks like Backdoor mixed with Lower Trestles, over a shallow, sharp reef. So that means legit barrels plus multiple aerial opportunities – which is why the onshore wind might not matter, too much.
First, pretty much all locals, and all good – a session at Keramas that went down in early May.
Below that, some serious hero-worship, surf-god-in-all-his-glory slo-mo footage of Kelly Slater surfing over three days in Bali, mostly Keramas. Whaddayareckon?
Think the guy’s got a hope in hell of winning this thing?

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